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NDTV ends all pay cuts
NEW DELHI: It seems that the media industry is on the fast track to recovery as companies have started rolling back pay cuts, passing on the arrears and some have even promised to kickstart appraisal process for employees.
In the latest development, NDTV has announced that it has ended all pay cuts for staff. After a careful review of its business, the company has decided that effective 1 October 2020, salary cuts will end for those employees who were impacted by a 20-40 per cent cut. It mentioned that all pay cuts stand reversed, effective 1 October and arrears for the month of October will be paid before Diwali.
These pay cuts were introduced on 1 April this year on account of the economic uncertainty caused by the Covid2019 pandemic. Salaries were slashed by 10-40 per cent on a graded scale based on different slabs. Employees earning Rs 50,000 per month or less were exempted from any pay cut.
NDTV expressed its gratitude to all its employees for their unwavering support and the senior staff for ensuring that junior colleagues were protected through the manner in which pay cuts were introduced and then removed.
In the last fortnight, several media organizations are making the effort to return to normal such as Network18, Indian Express, India Today Group and others. It will be interesting to see how this pans out in the days to come.
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Parikshit Luthra exits CNBC-TV18 after 20-year run
Former bureau chief to take brief pause before next role
NEW DELHI: Senior journalist Parikshit Luthra has signed off from CNBC-TV18, marking 28 February 2026 as his final day and closing nearly two decades with Network18 Media & Investments Limited, including eight years at the business news channel.
During his tenure, Luthra interviewed prominent business leaders and Union ministers, reporting on economic policy, corporate strategy, the automobile sector and financial markets. His coverage spanned key inflection points in India’s economic narrative.
He also led new programming formats such as Newscentre, Global Eye and Global Lens, shows that examined politics and foreign policy through an economic prism, reflecting the channel’s push towards globally linked business reporting.
In a LinkedIn post, Luthra said his final weeks were spent covering the Union Budget, the India AI Summit, India’s trade agreements with the US and EU, and the group’s flagship Rising Bharat Summit 2026. He added that he continued anchoring until his last day and briefly met Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his closing assignments.
Luthra joined CNBC-TV18 in June 2018 as assistant editor, later rising to senior editor and chief of bureau, a position he held for over two years. Before that, he worked with Republic TV and CNN-News18.
He said he plans to take a short break before embarking on his next professional chapter.
